Punctuation exercise .-.

1. Leonore walked on her head, a little higher than usual.
2. The driver managed to escape from the vehicle before it sank and swam to the river-bank.
3. Don't guess, use a timer of watch.
4. The convict said the judge is mad.

Fixed Versions: v

1. Leonore walked on, her head a little higher than usual.
2. The driver managed to escape from the vehicle before it sank, and swam to the river-bank.
3. Don't guess; use a timer or watch.
4. The convict said, "The judge is mad!"


Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, where ever they are needed in the following sentences.

1. Several countries participated in the airlift: Italy, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.

2. "Only one course was open to us: Surrender," said the ex-major, "and we did."

3. Judge Carswell--later to be nominated for the Supreme Court--had ruled against civil rights.

4. In last week's New Yorker, one of my favorite magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland's article "How Not to Go Camping."

5. "Yes," Jim said, "I'll be home by ten."